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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2007
Jürgen Kochems, Ditzingen, DE;
Michael Edgar Luppold, Dettenheim-Lie, DE;
Rolf Merte, Heidelberg, DE;
Jürgen Kochems, Ditzingen, DE;
Michael Edgar Luppold, Dettenheim-Lie, DE;
Rolf Merte, Heidelberg, DE;
BorgWarner BERU Systems GmbH, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Abstract
An electric heating system, in particular an auxiliary heating system in automobiles, in which the heating system has several heating rods (), arranged side-by-side; the heating rods () are connected to each other by means of alike metal plates () that are slid onto the heating rods (); the heating rods () have for this purpose a series of slotted holes () that extend in the longitudinal direction () of the metal plates (); the slotted holes () have longitudinal edges, facing each other, that clamp the heating rods () between them; and at least one part of the slotted holes () in each metal plate () is longer by more than the manufacturing tolerance, than the width of the heating rods () measured in the longitudinal direction () of the metal plates ().